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W. G. SHAW & R. P. REDMOND.

WHIP SOCKET.

v No. 595,500. Patented NrTnn STATES PATENT Fries.,

-WILLIAM Gr. SHAW AND RUFUS P. REDMOND, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO WILLIAM HENRY OOMSTOOK, OF BROOKVILLF., CANADA.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,500, dated December 14, 1897. Application ined may 6, 1896. seria No. 590,414. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM G. SHAW and RUFUS P. REDMOND, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Butfalo, in the county ot' Erie and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to a whipsocket of the class which is provided with a rubber retaining-ring for confining the whip in the socket, with a supporting-frame whereby the socket is secured to the dashboard, and with an outer covering or iinish of pliable or ornamental material.

The objects of our invention are to simplify the means for securing the retaining-rin g and su pporting-frame to the tube, to improve the means for securing the end pieces on the tube and the means for securing the frame to the dashboard, and to simplify the means for securing the covering to the tube.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of our improved whip-socket applied to a dashboard. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing thedashboard in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are horizontal `sections in lines 4 4, 5 5, and 6 6, Fig. 1, re-` spectively. Fig. 7 Vis a top plan view of the retaining-ring. Fig. 8 is a section on an enlarged scale, showing the manner of securing the covering to the tube.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the vertical tube of the whipsocket, which receives the handle of the whip and which is preferably cylindrical. This tube is made from a sheet of metal which is bent into tubular form and secured together with its longitudinal edges by means of'interlocking hooks d ct, arranged ou said edges and forming a longitudinal seam in the tube.

A is a covering of pliable material, such as leather or canvas, which is secured to the outer side of the tubular body for producing a neat finish of the same. This covering is secured to the tube by placing the longitudinal edges d? d3 of the covering between the hooks ofthe tube at the same time that the latter are interlocked and thenpressin g, folding, or seaming the hooks and longitudinal -edges of the covering together, as shownin Fig. 8. This manner of securing theV covering to. the tube is very simple and inexpensive and also forms a permanent connection between the tube and covering. Heretofore the covering was first made in to tubular form by sewing its longitudinal edges together and then vslipped over the socket-tube.

B represents the bottom or lower end piece 'of the socket, against which the lower end of the whip-handle rests. This bottom is provided with a marginal flange h, which tits around the lower end of the tubular body of the socket and which is provided with an internal annular groove b', which engages with an Iexternal annular bead b2, formed on the socket-tube, thereby securing these parts together. The sheet-metal tube and bottom piece are sufficiently elastic to permit these parts to be engaged by springing the grooved marginal flange over the bead of the tube.

O represents the upper end piece or annular cap whereby the elastic whip-retaining ring D is secured to the upper end of the sockettube. This cap is provided with a lower annular ange c, which fits around the upper portion of the socket-tube and which is provided with an internal annular groove c', which is sprung 'over and engages with an external annular bead or flange c2 on the tube for holding the cap on the tube in the same manner in which the bottom is securedto the lower end of the tube. The upper portion of the cap is curved inwardly, downwardly, and outwardly, so as to form an annular pocket or seat c3, having an annular slot or mouth between the inner edge of the cap and the upper edge of the tube and outer and inner annular shoulders c4 c5 along the outer and inner sides of said slot. The whip-retaining ring consists of a web or diaphragm d, arranged across the top of the tube and provided with a marginal Iiange or annular bead d', vwhich is seated 'in said socket and bears against the shoulders of the cap on opposite sides of the slot, owing to the width of the slot of the pocketbein g less than the thickness of the flange on the retaining-ring. As the handle of the whip is passed downwardly through the retaining-ring the inner portion of the same is deiiected downwardly and the inner side of the ange of the retaining-ring is pressed against the inner shoulder c5 of the cap, and upon pulling the whip out of the retainingring the iange of the latter is pressed with its outer side against the outer seat c4, thereby preventing the retaining-ring from being pulled out of its pocket when the whip-handle is passed through the retainingring, either when inserting the same into or removing the same from the tube.

E represents the supporting-frame whereby the socket-tube is secured to the dashboard F. This frame is provided at itslower end with an inwardly-bent hook or lip e, whereby thc lower portion of the frame is secured to the lower portion of the socket-tube, and which consists of a central horizontal portion d, arranged in ahorizontal slot e2, formed inthe lower portion of the tube, an upper portion e3, bearing against the outer side of the tube above the slot e2, and a lower portion e4, bearing against the inner side of the tube below said slot. The lip is engaged with said slot by first tiltingthe npperend of the frame downwardly sufficiently to allow the lowermost portion of the lip to be passed through said slot, after which the frame is again raised, thereby bringing the parts of the lip into their proper operative position, in which position the tube is held against lateral and longitudinal displacement on the lower portion of the frame.

The central portion of the frame is provided on opposite sides with two inwardly-projecting arms G, which are formed integrallywith the frame and whereby the frame is secured to the central portion of the tube. Each of these arms is provided at its inner end with two lips or ears g and two shoulders g' adjacent to the outer sides of the lips. Each pair of lips is passed through a vertical slot g2 in the tube until the shoulders ofthe arlns engage with the outer side of the tube,'after which the lips are bentin opposite directions against the inner side of the tube, thereby securely fastening the central portion of the tube to the frame.

H H represent two metallic straps whereby the lower and central portions of the frame are secured to the dashboard. One end of each of these straps is arranged in a vertical slot z., formed in one side of the frame, and is provided with a row of openings 7L', one of which is adapted to engage with a teat or projection h2, formed on the frame adjacent to said slot. The opposite end of each strap is provided with a slot h3, which is adapted to receive a lip 7b4, arranged on the opposite side of the frame.

to the dashboard the perforated ends of the straps are adjusted on the frame by engaging the teats with one of the series of openings In applying the whip-socket of the straps to secure the desired length, after which the straps are bent around the end portion of the dashboard, so as to embrace the end bar of the dashboard-frame. The lips h4 on the other side of the frame are now passed outwardly through perforations formed in the leather covering of the dashboard on the inner side of the end bar and through the slots in the other ends of the straps, after which the free ends of the lips 7b4 are bent to one side, thereby securely fastening the whip-socket to the dashboard. Our improved means of fastening the frame to the dashboard and to the socket-tube dispenseswith the use of rivets, screws, or other separate fastenings, thereby effecting a reduction in the number of parts, a saving of time in assembling the parts, and lowering the cost of manufacturing the whip-socket.

XVe claim as our inventionl. In a whip-socket, the combination with the tube, of an annular cap having its outer portion secured to the upper end of the tube and its inner portion curved inwardly, downwardly and outwardly forming au annular pocket, an annular slot, and shoulders along the inner sides of said slot, and an elastic retaining-ring having a web arranged in said slot and an annular flange or enlargement arranged in said pocket and bearing against said shoulders, substantially as set forth.`

2. In a whip-socket, the combination with the tube provided in its lower portion with a horizontal slot and in its central portion with a vertical slot, of a frame provided at its lower end with a lip consisting of a central portion arranged in the horizontal slot, an upper portion bearing 'against the outer side of said tube above the horizontal slot and a lower portion bearing against the inner side of the tube below the horizontal slot, and an arm formed on the upper portion of the frame and' provided with a lip passing through said vertical slot and engaging against the inner side of the tube and with a shoulder engaging against the outer side ot` the tube, substantially as set forth.

3. In a whip-socket, the combination with the tube and the supporting-frame provided with a lip, of a strap whereby the frame is fastened to the dashboard and which is attached at one end to the frame and provided at its other end with an opening adapted to receive the lip ot' the frame, substantially as set forth.

Witness our hands this 22d day of April, 1896.

WILLIAM G. SHAW. RUFUs r. nEDMoND.

Vitnesses:

THEO. L. PoPP, (JHAs. F. BURKHARDT.

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